Hacker News with Generative AI: Indie Games

I made a multiplayer shooter game in Lisp, here is my journey (ertu.dev)
Developing a multiplayer third-person shooter game as a solo developer is a journey filled with challenges and rewards.

Programming, Game Development, Lisp, Indie Games, Multiplayer Games

244 points by ertucetin 6 days ago | 54 comments

I wrote a commercial game in C in 2025 (cowleyforniastudios.com)
For the last few years we’ve been working on a train management game, Iron Roads, which we released to Early Access today. Somewhat atypically for a game releasing in 2025, Iron Roads is written in pure C, not C++, pure C99. As a choice it has had its ups and downs, which I wanted to share in this post.

Game Development, Programming Languages, C, Indie Games

49 points by steeleduncan 8 days ago | 19 comments

No Budget, No Plan, 15M Sales: How We Made Palworld (note.com)
3日後に命運が決まる、パルワールドという偶然の物語

Indie Games, Game Development, Success Stories, Business, Video Games

9 points by sdan 31 days ago | 3 comments

We have been pirated; we're a real game studio now (itch.io)

Gaming, Piracy, Indie Games

9 points by stoatstudios 55 days ago | 0 comments

Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month (gamediscover.co)
We’re guessing you might have seen Pounce Light’s glorious “relaxing building game” Tiny Glade ($15), which Ana Opara and Tomasz Stachowiak launched on Steam on Sept. 23rd, after a two-year dev period and a Top 10 appearance in June’s Next Fest.

Gaming, Indie Games, Business, Success Stories

409 points by TaurenHunter 70 days ago | 102 comments

An indie studio created a game based on Stanislaw Lem's novel (invinciblethegame.com)

Indie Games, Science Fiction, Books, Video Games

134 points by mgl 92 days ago | 61 comments

Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned (theverge.com)
Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore.

Gaming Industry, Video Games, Resignations, Annapurna Interactive, Indie Games

464 points by nickcotter 138 days ago | 221 comments

Entire Staff Resigns from Annapurna Interactive (blogspot.com)
Annapurna Interactive, the game company famous for publishing indie hits like Stray, Outer Wilds, Gorogoa, Neon White, What Remains of Edith Finch, and many more, may not be the same company anymore.

Gaming, Resignation, Indie Games

11 points by miclys 138 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Shehzadi in Peril – My first ever game (vercel.app)

Games, Show HN, Indie Games

112 points by sh4jid 150 days ago | 64 comments

Crafting a 13KB Game: The Story of Space Huggers (frankforce.com)

Game Development, Indie Games, Storytelling

228 points by lovegrenoble 166 days ago | 38 comments

Smol Business (2022) (smoldungeon.com)

Games, Indie Games, Business

40 points by luu 168 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: Hyve Tile, a puzzle game but I can't solve it (itch.io)